Pou 3-2 (1-06) Turkeys Raised National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 6, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Turkeys Raised" call John Lange at (202) 720-0585, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Turkeys Raised in 2005 Down 3 Percent from 2004 Turkeys raised in the United States during 2005 totaled 256 million birds, down 3 percent from the 263 million raised in 2004. Minnesota ranked first in the number raised with 44.5 million, followed by North Carolina with 36.0 million, Arkansas with 29.0 million, Virginia with 21.0 million, Missouri with 20.5 million, California with 14.9 million, and Indiana with 13.4 million. These States accounted for 70 percent of the turkeys produced in the United States during 2005. Turkey Growers Plan a 4 Percent Increase in 2006 Turkey growers in 23 States intend to increase the number of birds raised by 4 percent in 2006. These states produced over 99% of the turkeys raised in 2005. Intentions for the top seven producing States compared with 2005 are as follows: Minnesota down 2 percent, North Carolina up 6 percent, Arkansas up 7 percent, Virginia up 7 percent, Missouri up 5 percent, California down 1 percent, and Indiana up 4 percent. The number of turkeys actually raised in 2006 may vary from growers' intentions shown in this report depending on feed costs, supply of hatching eggs, cost of poults, and prices growers receive for turkeys during the next few months. Turkeys: Number Raised in 2004 and 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 2005 State :-------------------------------------------------: as % of : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- 1,000 Head ---------- Percent : AR : 28,500 29,000 102 CA : 15,700 14,900 95 CT 2/ : 5 IL : 2,900 2,900 100 IN : 13,300 13,400 101 IA : 9,000 9,600 107 MD : 750 800 107 MA : 70 57 81 MI : 5,000 4,700 94 MN : 45,500 44,500 98 MO : 21,500 20,500 95 NH 2/ : 4 NJ : 37 37 100 NY : 580 620 107 NC : 39,000 36,000 92 ND : 1,000 1,100 110 OH : 5,800 5,700 98 PA : 12,000 11,500 96 SC : 12,000 8,000 67 SD : 4,500 4,600 102 VT : 52 56 108 VA : 19,700 21,000 107 WV : 3,200 2,400 75 : Oth Sts 2/ 3/ : 23,109 24,900 108 : US : 263,207 256,270 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ Estimates for CT, DE, NH, and OR discontinued in 2005. 3/ CO, KS, NE, OK, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Death Loss by Geographic Region and United States, 2003-05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young Turkeys Lost as a Percent of Geographic : Total Poults Placed Region :----------------------------------------------------- : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : East North Central : 11.8 11.2 11.0 West North Central : 12.6 12.2 10.9 North & South Atlantic : 9.5 8.0 8.9 South Central : 10.5 9.3 9.6 West : 12.8 13.4 13.7 : US : 11.2 10.4 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regional Listing: North Atlantic: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT. East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic: DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV. South Central: AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX. West: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY. Turkeys: Number Raised in 2005 and Intentions for 2006, Selected States and 23 State Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 2006 State :-------------------------------------------------: as % of : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- 1,000 Head ---------- Percent : AR : 29,000 31,000 107 CA : 14,900 14,700 99 IL : 2,900 2,900 100 IN : 13,400 14,000 104 IA : 9,600 10,000 104 MI : 4,700 4,700 100 MN : 44,500 43,500 98 MO : 20,500 21,500 105 NC : 36,000 38,000 106 ND : 1,100 1,100 100 OH : 5,700 5,700 100 PA : 11,500 11,500 100 SC : 8,000 10,000 125 SD : 4,600 4,900 107 VA : 21,000 22,500 107 WV : 2,400 2,800 117 : Oth Sts 1/ : 24,900 26,700 107 : 23 State Total: 254,700 265,500 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CO, KS, NE, OK, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 2003-05 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :--------------------: Previous :---------------------: Previous : 2003-04 : 2004-05 : Year : 2003-04 : 2004-05 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 ----- Percent ------ 1,000 ----- Percent : Sep : 22,171 21,268 96 22,171 21,268 96 Oct : 22,805 20,806 91 44,976 42,074 94 Nov : 22,155 22,232 100 67,131 64,306 96 Dec : 23,424 22,230 95 90,555 86,536 96 Jan : 23,273 21,887 94 113,828 108,423 95 Feb : 22,905 21,321 93 136,733 129,744 95 Mar : 24,215 23,376 97 160,948 153,120 95 Apr : 24,664 23,587 96 185,612 176,707 95 May : 23,692 23,781 100 209,304 200,488 96 Jun : 23,291 24,253 104 232,595 224,741 97 Jul : 25,013 24,533 98 257,608 249,274 97 Aug : 23,674 23,899 101 281,282 273,173 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes exported poults. Turkeys Raised Estimates Survey Procedures: Survey data for the turkeys raised estimate are collected from a list of contractors and independent growers during December. States use all known sources of producer names to ensure that the list is as complete as possible. Turkey producers are then contacted either by mail, telephone, or in person. Diligent effort is made to ensure that all operations are accounted for in the estimate. Estimation Procedures: Turkeys raised 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. Placements 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 estimates are based on a census of known active producers 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. Revision Policy: Estimates for the previous year are subject to revision when preliminary raised estimates are made in August. 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