HDR1012000150070825951500Turkeys HDR2012000150070825951500Turkeys Narrative Released August 25, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkeys" call Jim Brewster at (202) 720-8784, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. Estimates refer to Turkeys Raised in 1994 and 1995. Turkeys Raised 2 Percent Above 1994 The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States during 1995 is 296 million, 2 percent above the 289 million raised during 1994. If realized, this total will represent a new record number of turkeys raised, surpassing the previous high of 290 million set in 1992. The following six States are expected to account for two-thirds of the turkeys produced in the United States during 1995: North Carolina is forecast to continue as the nation's leader in turkey production with 63.0 million birds, down 5 percent from the January 1995 Intentions but up 5 percent from 1994. Minnesota ranks second with 41.0 million, unchanged from January Intentions but down 1 percent from a year ago. Arkansas is in third place by producing 25.0 million birds. This is unchanged from January Intentions and a year ago. Virginia is now the nations's forth largest producing State with 24.0 million birds, up 2 percent from January Intentions and 9 percent above a year ago. California has dropped to fifth place with 21.5 million birds, up 2 percent from January Intentions and last year's production. Missouri is tied for fifth with 21.5 million, up 8 percent from January Intentions and 5 percent above a year earlier. Pou 3-2 (8-95) HDR2012000150070825951500Number Raised by Selected States Turkeys: Number Raised by Selected States and United States, 1994-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 1995 State :------------------------------------------------------: as % of : 1994 1/ : 1995 : 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Percent : AR : 25,000 25,000 100 CA : 21,000 21,500 102 CO : 4,900 4,600 94 CT : 25 30 120 GA : 1,410 1,470 104 IL : 3,800 3,500 92 IN : 14,000 14,400 103 IA : 8,800 7,700 88 KS : 1,600 1,500 94 MD 2/ : 140 160 114 MA : 140 130 93 MN : 41,500 41,000 99 MO : 20,500 21,500 105 NH : 10 20 200 NJ : 85 90 106 NY : 500 490 98 NC : 60,000 63,000 105 ND : 1,150 1,500 130 OH : 6,000 6,500 108 PA : 10,500 11,300 108 SC : 5,800 6,000 103 SD : 2,500 2,650 106 VA : 22,000 24,000 109 WV : 5,600 5,000 89 : Oth Sts 3/ : 32,215 32,815 102 : US : 289,175 295,855 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Includes DE. 3/ MI, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. HDR2012000150070825951500Turkeys Raised Estimates Turkeys Raised Estimates Data Sources: The Turkey Hatchery Survey provides the basis for the preliminary Turkeys Raised estimate published in August. Turkey hatchery estimates are made in 19 States each month and provide the number of eggs in incubators and poults placed in production. Another additional seven States survey hatcheries periodically to collect data for the Turkey Raised estimates and for the "Annual Hatchery Summary". Data on poults placed into the United States from Canadian hatcheries are also included in the preliminary estimate. Estimation Procedures: Turkeys Raised preliminary estimates include young turkeys intended for meat production,as well as breeder turkeys which reached maturity during the calendar year. These estimates exclude turkeys lost to disease or those destroyed. Placement of turkey poults from the monthly "Turkey Hatchery" survey provide the basis for the preliminary estimates published in August. Final estimates, published in January, use indications from the December Growers Survey in addition to updated hatchery data. Other indications for the final estimates are obtained from monthly slaughter totals and check-off data provided by individual State turkey or poultry associations. Generally, individual State data are not published if there are less than three operations in a State, or if any one operation has 60 percent or more of the total turkeys in the State. These data are combined into the "Other States" category. Reliability: Turkeys raised preliminary estimates are based on a census of known active hatcheries and, therefore, have no sampling variability. However, estimates may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing of the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process,and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. 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