Broiler Companies Downloada
list of U.S. broiler companies.
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list of U.S. egg companies.
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list of U.S. turkey companies.
CONSUMPTION
U.S. Egg per Capita
Consumption (Total egg production
divided by total population) Source: American
Egg Board
U.S.
per Capita Food Consumption - Chicken (Individual)Boneless,
trimmed (edible) weight, pounds per capita
per year.
Source: USDA/Economic
Research Service
U.S.
per Capita Food Consumption - Turkey(In kilograms per
capita)
Source:
USDA/Economic Research Service
Broiler Exports
(billions of pounds)-
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Source: USDA/Economic
Research Service
Top 5 Export Markets for U.S. Turkey Meat,
2016 (tons)- Rollover graph bars for exact numbers.
Source: USDA/Economic Research Service
Top 5 Export Markets for U.S. Chicken Meat, 2016 (1,000 pounds)- Rollover graph bars for exact numbers.
Source: USDA/Economic Research Service
SLAUGHTER
Young Meat
Chickens Slaughtered in 2016
State
Number
Total Live Weight
Average Weight
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
Pounds
Alabama
1,049,238
5,890,124
5.60
Arkansas
929,169
6,065,729
6
California
265,609
1,585,800
50
Delaware
375,922
2,744,226
6.00
Florida
67,953
397,853
7.30
Georgia
1,264,504
7,462,939
5.90
Indiana
67,704
301,525
4.50
Kentucky
290,310
1,770,082
6.10
Louisiana
186,600
1,139,750
6.10
Maryland
133,837
829,104
6.20
Minnesota
49,695
301,198
6.10
Mississippi
718,800
4,543,091
6.30
Missouri
465,795
2,116,811
4.90
New Jersey
1,345
6,771
5.00
New York
25,460
126,907
5.00
North Carolina
765,924
6,076,267
7.90
Ohio
88,573
479,906
5.40
Oklahoma
149,408
973,186
6.50
Pennsylvania
112,956
636,312
5.60
South Carolina
260,461
2,151,400
7.40
Tennessee
23,874
1,581,500
5.30
Texas
625,186
3,823,981
6.10
Virginia
334,958
1,912,203
5.70
Washington
46,484
293,354
6.30
West Virginia
111,599
432,930
3.90
Wisconsin
51,530
217,863
4.20
United States
8,768,427
54,037,067
6.16
Source: USDA NASS, Poultry Slaughter 2016 Summary
PRODUCTION
Poultry Production
and Value 2016 Summary
The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2016 was $38.7 billion, down 20 percent from $48.1 billion in 2015. Of the combined total, 67 percent was from broilers, 17 percent from eggs, 16 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens.
The value of broilers produced during 2016 was $25.9 billion, down 10 percent from 2015. The total number of broilers produced in 2016 was 8.78 billion, up 1 percent from 2015. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2016 was 54.3 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2015.
The value of turkeys produced during 2016 was $6.18 billion, up 8 percent from the $5.71 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2016 was 244 million, up 5 percent from 2015.
Turkey production in 2016 totaled 7.49 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the 7.04 billion pounds produced in 2015.
The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2016 was $84.9 million, down 18 percent from $103 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2016 totaled 206 million, up 5 percent from the total sold during the previous year.
Value of all egg production in 2016 was $6.48 billion, down 52 percent from $13.6 billion in 2015. Egg production totaled 102 billion eggs, up 5 percent from 97.2 billion eggs produced in 2015.
Source: USDA/NASS
Broiler Production and Value - States, United States, and 19 State 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. ]
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 2016)-
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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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