Poultry income down in Georgia in 2002
US - Georgia Poultry Facts 2003 Edition. This publication is a compilation of statistical data on poultry released by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics.
23 September 2003
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SUMMARY - 2002
The total farm value of poultry and eggs produced in Georgia decreased 18 percent to $2.30 billion for the 2002 production year. Value of production from broilers totaled $1.94 billion, down 20 percent from 2001. The value of production for all eggs was $356 million, down 3 percent from 2001. The sale of chickens excluding broilers totaled 16.9 million birds with a value of sales of $10.4 million.
BROILER PRODUCTION
For the nineteenth consecutive year, Georgia has
been the leader in broiler production with 1.29 billion
birds in 2002. Production increased 3 percent from
1.25 billion broilers produced in 2001. Pounds
produced in 2002 totaled 6.45 billion. The average
price received per pound for broilers in 2002 was
30.0 cents per pound, down 9.0 cents from the 2001
average price.
Georgia ranked first in the number of
broilers produced and accounted for 15 percent of
the number and pounds of the Nation’s broiler
production in 2002. For the eighth consecutive year,
Georgia ranked number one in the Nation in value of
broiler production.
EGG PRODUCTION
Egg production in Georgia for the year ending
November 30, 2002, totaled 4.96 billion eggs,
2 percent less than in 2001.
The number of layers
averaged 20.5 million in 2002, 3 percent less than
the previous year. In hatching egg flocks, the
average number of layers was up 1 percent, to 9.52
million from 9.40 million in 2001. The average
number of layers in table egg flocks was 10.9 million
in 2002.
All layers in Georgia produced an average
of 243 eggs per hen in 2002, 1 egg more than 2001's
average of 242. Hatching egg flocks produced
2.11 billion eggs during 2002, 1 percent more than
the previous year. Table egg flocks produced
2.85 billion eggs in 2002, 5 percent less than 2001.
The average price for all eggs in 2002 was
86.1 cents per dozen, 0.7 cents less than the
previous year. Table egg prices averaged 38.6
cents per dozen, down 4.0 cents from the previous
year. Hatching egg prices averaged $1.56 per
dozen, down 2.5 cents from the previous year.
Georgia’s total egg production was 57 percent table
eggs and 43 percent hatching eggs. Georgia ranked
sixth in the Nation in 2002 in both the average
number of layers and in total egg production. Iowa
was the leading State in both layers and egg
production followed by Ohio.
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Source: Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service - 2003
