Pou 3-2 (1-01) Turkeys Raised National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 16, 2001, 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 2000 Down Slightly from 1999 Turkeys raised in the United States during 2000 totaled 270 million birds, slightly lower than the number raised in 1999. Minnesota ranked first in the number raised with 43.5 million, followed by North Carolina with 41.0 million, Arkansas with 28.0 million, Virginia with 25.5 million, Missouri with 23.0 million, California with 18.0 million, and Indiana with 13.5 million. These States accounted for 71 percent of the turkeys produced in the United States during 2000. Turkey Growers Plan 1 Percent Decrease in 2001 Turkey growers in 23 States intend to raise 1 percent fewer birds in 2001 than they did in 2000. These states produced over 99% of the turkeys raised in 2000. Intentions for the top seven producing States compared with 2000 are as follows: Minnesota unchanged, North Carolina up 1 percent, Arkansas and Virginia unchanged, Missouri down 4 percent, and California and Indiana unchanged. The number of turkeys actually raised in 2001 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 1999 1/ and 2000 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 2000 State :-------------------------------------------------: as % of : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- 1,000 Head ---------- Percent : AR : 27,000 28,000 104 CA : 17,500 18,000 103 CT : 5 5 100 DE : 4 4 100 IL : 2,900 2,900 100 IN : 13,500 13,500 100 IA : 7,800 7,100 91 MD : 600 440 74 MA : 78 79 101 MI : 2,700 3,500 130 MN : 43,500 43,500 100 MO : 22,000 23,000 105 NH : 15 14 93 NJ : 50 59 118 NY : 490 510 104 NC : 44,000 41,000 93 ND : 1,800 2,000 111 OH : 4,700 4,400 94 PA : 9,800 9,300 95 SC : 9,500 9,900 104 SD : 4,200 4,300 102 VT : 41 47 115 VA : 24,000 25,500 106 WV : 4,500 4,100 91 : Oth Sts 2/ : 29,811 28,811 97 : US : 270,494 269,969 100 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. 2/ CO, KS, NE, OK, OR, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys: Death Loss by Geographic Region and United States, 1998-00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young Turkeys Lost as a Percent of Geographic : Total Poults Placed Region :----------------------------------------------------- : 1998 : 1999 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : East North Central : 10.8 10.2 10.9 West North Central : 11.0 11.6 12.2 North & South Atlantic : 10.2 10.3 9.6 South Central : 11.9 11.3 11.3 West : 10.7 10.8 11.7 : US : 10.8 10.9 11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2000 and Intentions for 2001, Selected States and 20 State Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 2001 State :-------------------------------------------------: as % of : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- 1,000 Head ---------- Percent : AR : 28,000 28,000 100 CA : 18,000 18,000 100 IL : 2,900 2,900 100 IN : 13,500 13,500 100 IA : 7,100 6,000 85 MI : 3,500 4,200 120 MN : 43,500 43,500 100 MO : 23,000 22,000 96 NC : 41,000 41,500 101 ND : 2,000 1,100 55 OH : 4,400 4,400 100 PA : 9,300 9,700 104 SC : 9,900 9,200 93 SD : 4,300 4,400 102 VA : 25,500 25,500 100 WV : 4,100 4,100 100 : Oth Sts 1/ : 28,800 27,700 96 : 20 State Total: 268,800 265,700 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ CO, KS, NE, OK, TX, UT, and WI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkeys Hatchery Production: Monthly Poult Placements, United States, 1998-00 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total All : Percent : Cumulative : Percent : Breeds : of : Total : of Month :--------------------: Previous :---------------------: Previous : 1998-99 : 1999-00 : Year : 1998-99 : 1999-00 : Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 ----- Percent ------ 1,000 ----- Percent : Sep : 21,124 21,794 103 21,124 21,794 103 Oct : 22,749 22,313 98 43,873 44,107 101 Nov : 22,167 23,379 105 66,040 67,486 102 Dec : 24,985 24,358 97 91,025 91,844 101 Jan : 24,590 24,676 100 115,615 116,520 101 Feb : 23,722 24,197 102 139,337 140,717 101 Mar : 25,917 25,741 99 165,254 166,458 101 Apr : 26,817 25,094 94 192,071 191,552 100 May : 26,085 25,816 99 218,156 217,368 100 Jun : 25,621 26,880 105 243,777 244,248 100 Jul : 26,755 26,822 100 270,532 271,070 100 Aug : 24,755 24,731 100 295,287 295,801 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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