Trends for Poultry Production

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Trends for Poultry Production

• VME 4103
• Spring Semester 2009
• Gary D. Butcher, DVM, PhD
• University of Florida
• College of Veterinary Medicine

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Trends and Forecasts in Poultry Production
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Inflation Adjusted Cost (1995) Per Pound of
Chicken Live Production in US Dollars
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Retail US Per Capita Consumption of Broilers In
Pounds
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Per Capita Consumption of Meat in the USA (USDA)
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• World Production Data
• World Incubation of chicken eggs is 30 billion
• USA produces 8 billion broiler chickens per
  year
• World production of poultry meat in 1997 was 84
  billion pounds and table eggs was 700 billion
  
• 30 of worlds poultry meat is produced in the
  USA
• 50 of world table egg production is in China