United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 1949- 1573 Poultry - Production and Value 2022 Summary April 2023 Contents Summary.............................................................................. 5 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2021.................. 6 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2022.................. 7 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2021......................... 8 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2022......................... 9 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2021.. 10 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2022.. 11 All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2021 and 2022.............. 12 Statistical Methodology.............................................................. 13 Information Contacts................................................................. 13 This page intentionally left blank Summary Value of Production and Sales Up 67 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2022 was $77.0 billion, up 67 percent from $46.1 billion in 2021. Of the combined total, 66 percent was from broilers, 25 percent from eggs, 9 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. The value of broilers produced during 2022 was $50.4 billion, up 60 percent from 2021. The total number of broilers produced in 2022 was 9.17 billion, up slightly from 2021. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2022 was 59.3 billion pounds, up slightly from 2021. The value of turkeys produced during 2022 was $7.10 billion, up 21 percent from the $5.89 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2022 was 210 million, down 3 percent from 2021. Turkey production in 2022 totaled 6.66 billion pounds, down 7 percent from the 7.18 billion pounds produced in 2021. The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2022 was $74.7 million, up 401 percent from $14.9 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2022 totaled 168 million, down 8 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of all egg production in 2022 was $19.4 billion, up 122 percent from $8.71 billion in 2021. Egg production totaled 110 billion eggs, down 2 percent from 111 billion eggs produced in 2021. Poultry Value of Production - United States: 2021 and 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year :Broilers 1/: Turkeys :Chickens 2/: Eggs : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 dollars : 2021 ...............:31,520,148 5,892,563 14,906 8,713,212 46,140,829 2022 ...............:50,445,885 7,101,269 74,677 19,352,439 76,974,270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States Total: 2021 [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 : : : Value of : Broilers : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,171,600 6,561,000 3,490,452 Arkansas ...................: 1,051,300 7,464,200 3,970,954 Delaware ...................: 222,400 1,712,500 911,050 Florida ....................: 63,900 396,200 210,778 Georgia ....................: 1,298,900 7,923,300 4,215,196 Kentucky ...................: 297,400 1,933,100 1,028,409 Maryland ...................: 259,900 1,715,300 912,540 Minnesota ..................: 56,800 352,200 187,370 Mississippi ................: 707,000 4,454,100 2,369,581 Missouri ...................: 301,200 1,566,200 833,218 : North Carolina .............: 971,400 8,062,600 4,289,303 Ohio .......................: 126,100 554,800 295,154 Oklahoma ...................: 197,100 1,399,400 744,481 Pennsylvania ...............: 239,100 1,386,800 737,778 South Carolina .............: 249,400 1,895,400 1,008,353 Tennessee ..................: 195,300 1,132,700 602,596 Texas ......................: 706,600 4,734,200 2,518,594 Virginia ...................: 285,400 1,798,000 956,536 West Virginia ..............: 66,200 258,200 137,362 Wisconsin ..................: 55,900 223,600 118,955 : Other States 1/ ............: 607,800 3,724,600 1,981,488 : United States ..............: 9,130,700 59,248,400 31,520,148 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2022 [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 : : : Value of : Broilers : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,204,700 6,746,300 5,734,355 Arkansas ...................: 1,051,400 7,359,800 6,255,830 Delaware ...................: 234,000 1,801,800 1,531,530 Florida ....................: 63,000 390,600 332,010 Georgia ....................: 1,308,400 7,850,400 6,672,840 Kentucky ...................: 254,400 1,679,000 1,427,150 Maryland ...................: 269,200 1,749,800 1,487,330 Minnesota ..................: 40,600 259,800 220,830 Mississippi ................: 670,700 4,292,500 3,648,625 Missouri ...................: 318,300 1,750,700 1,488,095 : North Carolina .............: 976,200 8,102,500 6,887,125 Ohio .......................: 127,200 572,400 486,540 Oklahoma ...................: 215,300 1,507,100 1,281,035 Pennsylvania ...............: 224,300 1,278,500 1,086,725 South Carolina .............: 235,600 1,814,100 1,541,985 Tennessee ..................: 190,700 1,144,200 972,570 Texas ......................: 723,300 4,918,400 4,180,640 Virginia ...................: 294,500 1,884,800 1,602,080 West Virginia ..............: 78,500 298,300 253,555 Wisconsin ..................: 57,100 228,400 194,140 : Other States 1/ ............: 628,000 3,718,700 3,160,895 : United States ..............: 9,165,400 59,348,100 50,445,885 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2021 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2020, through August 31, 2021. Dollar values based on data received from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Turkeys : : Value of : raised : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 27,000 540,000 443,340 California .................: 6,000 191,400 157,139 Indiana ....................: 20,500 836,400 686,684 Iowa .......................: 11,700 512,460 420,730 Michigan ...................: 5,100 217,260 178,370 Minnesota ..................: 40,000 1,032,000 847,272 Missouri ...................: 17,000 552,500 453,603 North Carolina .............: 30,000 1,167,000 958,107 Ohio .......................: 6,000 268,200 220,192 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,400 212,380 174,364 : South Dakota ...............: 4,000 184,400 151,392 Virginia ...................: 14,500 420,500 345,231 West Virginia ..............: 3,600 116,280 95,466 : Other States 1/ ............: 23,700 926,519 760,673 : United States ..............: 216,500 7,177,299 5,892,563 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2022 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022. Dollar values based on data received from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Turkeys : : Value of : raised : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 26,000 556,400 593,679 California .................: 6,200 196,540 209,708 Indiana ....................: 20,000 792,000 845,064 Iowa .......................: 11,700 508,950 543,050 Michigan ...................: 5,200 219,440 234,142 Minnesota ..................: 37,000 965,700 1,030,402 Missouri ...................: 17,000 362,100 386,361 North Carolina .............: 28,000 1,033,200 1,102,424 Ohio .......................: 6,100 274,500 292,892 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,700 211,750 225,937 : South Dakota ...............: 2,500 112,000 119,504 Virginia ...................: 15,300 425,340 453,838 West Virginia ..............: 3,700 115,810 123,569 : Other States 1/ ............: 23,600 881,628 940,699 : United States ..............: 210,000 6,655,358 7,101,269 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2021 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : Sold : : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : Sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 3,886.2 11,487.3 93,047.1 2,047.0 Arkansas .............: 4,526.9 18,048.9 130,132.6 2,602.7 California ...........: 8,811.3 1,752.0 7,323.4 43.9 Colorado .............: 2,753.1 1,398.5 6,600.9 72.6 Georgia ..............: 6,008.5 17,511.8 124,684.0 2,369.0 Illinois .............: 4,042.1 807.9 3,667.9 36.7 Indiana ..............: 17,013.3 11,296.8 40,442.5 80.9 Iowa .................: 22,390.0 10,419.1 37,404.6 74.8 Kentucky .............: 1,044.9 5,323.8 31,570.1 536.7 Louisiana ............: 357.0 1,710.6 11,905.8 238.1 : Maryland .............: 240.2 1,249.4 4,710.2 14.1 Massachusetts ........: 11.0 124.2 429.7 (Z) Michigan .............: 6,237.4 5,197.1 18,033.9 18.0 Minnesota ............: 2,363.2 3,532.4 14,094.3 84.6 Mississippi ..........: 1,468.9 4,807.8 34,712.3 763.7 Missouri .............: 8,779.1 5,154.5 31,494.0 535.4 Montana ..............: 678.7 7.3 25.3 (Z) Nebraska .............: 1,518.6 5,352.2 20,659.5 124.0 New York .............: 701.2 2,940.7 10,263.0 10.3 North Carolina .......: 4,442.7 14,996.4 108,873.9 2,068.6 : Ohio .................: 18,177.4 7,140.0 28,417.2 170.5 Oklahoma .............: 654.6 2,419.5 16,839.7 336.8 Oregon ...............: 1,621.1 13.9 48.1 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 4,836.6 14,407.5 54,028.1 216.1 South Carolina .......: 1,554.4 2,263.6 15,822.6 300.6 South Dakota .........: 2,109.8 811.0 2,822.3 2.8 Tennessee ............: 574.4 2,045.5 16,241.3 357.3 Texas ................: 4,277.3 14,503.9 75,130.2 976.7 Utah .................: 2,235.8 1,338.9 4,619.2 4.6 Vermont ..............: 22.9 179.2 682.8 3.4 : Virginia .............: 1,442.0 2,112.8 17,240.4 379.3 Washington ...........: 4,781.5 35.8 123.9 (Z) West Virginia ........: 352.8 1,543.0 12,421.2 273.3 Wisconsin ............: 1,749.0 3,930.4 15,525.1 77.6 : Other States 2/ ......: 10,354.6 6,539.6 24,642.1 85.8 : United States ........: 152,018.5 182,403.3 1,014,679.2 14,906.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2022 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : Sold : : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : Sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 4,922.9 12,965.6 106,188.3 11,362.1 Arkansas .............: 4,208.0 17,555.7 129,561.1 12,697.0 California ...........: 8,765.7 2,296.4 8,726.3 165.8 Colorado .............: 6,196.2 1,070.3 5,501.3 335.6 Georgia ..............: 6,219.8 17,620.5 126,339.0 12,128.5 Illinois .............: 1,837.9 1,969.2 7,739.0 178.0 Indiana ..............: 19,496.6 8,494.9 31,176.3 374.1 Iowa .................: 33,073.7 9,386.7 33,979.9 339.8 Kentucky .............: 1,172.9 5,115.8 30,797.1 2,463.8 Louisiana ............: 331.7 1,593.0 11,262.5 1,092.5 : Maryland .............: 1,664.4 635.7 2,447.4 51.4 Massachusetts ........: 12.0 134.1 464.0 (Z) Michigan .............: 6,056.2 2,502.2 8,682.6 17.4 Minnesota ............: 2,852.1 1,664.6 8,023.4 425.2 Mississippi ..........: 1,474.4 5,059.9 38,455.2 3,884.0 Missouri .............: 7,742.6 6,500.8 36,014.4 2,521.0 Montana ..............: 770.2 10.8 37.4 (Z) Nebraska .............: 5,479.0 2,685.1 10,821.0 303.0 New York .............: 597.3 2,732.4 9,563.4 28.7 North Carolina .......: 4,246.4 15,646.6 111,560.3 10,709.8 : Ohio .................: 16,119.5 8,981.7 34,669.4 693.4 Oklahoma .............: 577.7 2,218.7 16,640.3 1,664.0 Oregon ...............: 1,513.2 22.2 76.8 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 9,161.8 9,063.2 36,796.6 1,030.3 South Carolina .......: 1,969.3 2,098.0 14,728.0 1,384.4 South Dakota .........: 838.9 138.4 471.9 0.5 Tennessee ............: 699.4 1,984.6 15,797.4 1,690.3 Texas ................: 3,520.7 15,535.6 79,853.0 4,871.0 Utah .................: 3,014.9 1,876.7 6,493.4 6.5 Vermont ..............: 21.7 171.1 655.3 12.5 : Virginia .............: 1,340.5 2,055.1 16,708.0 1,771.0 Washington ...........: 4,563.4 42.5 155.6 (Z) West Virginia ........: 350.8 1,830.6 14,882.8 1,607.3 Wisconsin ............: 3,771.0 2,044.3 9,219.8 396.5 : Other States 2/ ......: 10,091.0 4,668.7 18,671.0 469.3 : United States ........: 174,673.8 168,371.7 983,159.2 74,676.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2021 and 2022 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Includes hatching and market (table) eggs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Egg production : Value of production State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- million eggs --- --- 1,000 dozen eggs --- ---- 1,000 dollars ---- : Alabama ..........: 2,415.6 2,611.1 201,299.8 217,591.3 450,919 546,228 Arkansas .........: 4,256.8 4,151.1 354,733.6 345,924.9 692,879 912,469 California .......: 4,019.6 3,822.6 334,966.7 318,550.0 372,372 856,781 Colorado .........: 1,555.6 1,046.1 129,633.3 87,175.0 89,372 161,966 Georgia ..........: 5,061.9 5,202.5 421,824.6 433,541.6 635,028 960,213 Illinois .........: 1,939.6 1,860.2 161,633.4 155,016.8 112,226 309,865 Indiana ..........: 10,602.0 10,799.0 883,500.0 899,916.9 602,788 1,794,939 Iowa .............: 14,980.2 12,197.6 1,248,350.0 1,016,466.6 852,126 1,968,823 Kentucky .........: 1,505.6 1,477.3 125,467.0 123,108.4 145,178 255,682 Louisiana ........: 481.8 501.5 40,150.3 41,791.7 58,429 100,322 : Maryland .........: 750.1 599.1 62,508.9 49,925.4 37,023 92,945 Massachusetts ....: 40.9 47.3 3,408.8 3,941.5 1,841 7,221 Michigan .........: 4,538.4 5,062.2 378,199.8 421,849.8 244,388 833,459 Minnesota ........: 2,444.2 2,626.9 203,683.2 218,908.5 146,928 437,612 Mississippi ......: 1,376.3 1,451.3 114,691.9 120,941.3 228,617 289,121 Missouri .........: 3,969.8 4,103.0 330,816.7 341,916.8 280,118 725,664 Montana ..........: 362.8 389.0 30,232.9 32,416.8 33,241 87,279 Nebraska .........: 2,395.9 1,990.0 199,658.0 165,833.2 155,413 324,184 New York .........: 1,747.8 1,768.4 145,649.9 147,366.6 86,347 273,454 North Carolina ...: 4,098.0 4,066.5 341,500.1 338,875.3 513,312 753,086 : Ohio .............: 11,078.3 11,773.4 923,191.9 981,116.7 621,164 1,941,910 Oklahoma .........: 564.4 570.6 47,033.4 47,550.1 81,452 120,628 Oregon ...........: 621.6 628.0 51,799.8 52,333.3 56,958 140,104 Pennsylvania .....: 8,106.6 8,339.9 675,550.1 694,991.7 431,520 1,278,121 South Carolina ...: 937.8 990.9 78,150.0 82,575.1 90,008 170,784 South Dakota .....: 699.4 592.5 58,283.5 49,375.2 37,187 96,374 Tennessee ........: 377.4 366.0 31,449.9 30,499.9 69,718 75,781 Texas ............: 6,425.0 6,621.8 535,416.8 551,816.8 494,087 1,180,334 Utah .............: 1,737.7 1,752.6 144,808.0 146,050.2 159,719 389,353 Vermont ..........: 62.6 55.5 5,216.9 4,625.2 3,357 8,656 : Virginia .........: 710.7 743.0 59,224.7 61,916.8 94,561 139,161 Washington .......: 2,016.3 2,052.6 168,025.1 171,049.9 184,441 459,994 West Virginia ....: 298.2 306.3 24,850.1 25,525.1 58,331 64,879 Wisconsin ........: 2,182.0 1,798.0 181,833.0 149,833.0 129,357 292,856 : Other States 1/ ..: 7,034.4 7,150.3 586,201.8 595,858.1 462,807 1,302,191 : United States ....:111,395.3 109,514.1 9,282,943.9 9,126,175.5 8,713,212 19,352,439 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for 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@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ............................... (202) 692-0069 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .......... (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter................................... (202) 720-0585 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ..... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ..................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products...................... (202) 690-3237 Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ........................... (202) 690-4870 Shulonda Shaw - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-3240 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs ........................................ 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