,"Egg Production by Quarters, 2000-2004",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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" Dec. - Feb. 1/"," Mar. - May"," Jun. - Aug."," Sep. - Nov."," Total",,,,,,,,,,,
," 1st Quarter"," 2nd Quarter"," 3rd Quarter "," 4th Quarter",,,,,,,,,,,
," -Millions-",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2000,208,213,207,196,824,,,,,,,,,,
2001,187,204,194,181,766,,,,,,,,,,
2002,192,194,170,178,734,,,,,,,,,,
2003,192,191,186,175,744,,,,,,,,,,
2004,187,193,184,197,761,,,,,,,,,,
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,"Broiler Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries, 2000-2004",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,"Jan"," Feb"," Mar"," Apr"," May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"," Total",,"                                                                                                                       -thousands-"
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2000,23637,21882,24239,24092,24922,24263,24198,23716,22416,22232,21324,22665,279586,,
2001,23557,21666,24654,24565,25217,24419,24570,24270,23240,22544,21204,24258,"       284,164",,
2002,24375,21668,24650,23607,23956,23246,22832,22843,22262,21216,20816,22935,274406,,
2003,23467,21995,24632,23880,24658,23724,23890,23813,22312,22395,22501,24097,281364,,
2004,23179,21598,23684,23764,24267,23934,25121,25068,23441,22900,22555,23882,283393,,
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,"Poultry and Eggs Gross Income, 2000-2004",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,"  Broilers"," Eggs"," Turkeys"," Other Poultry"," Total",,,,,,,,,,
," -thousand dollars-",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2000,441320,66126,237941,28402,773789,,,,,,,,,,
2001,518856,61344,206856,29438,816492,,,,,,,,,,
2002,390300,60433,165016,36149,651898,,,,,,,,,,
2003,441660,73160,177192,40061,732073,,,,,,,,,,
2004,590172,69758,182855,40229,883014,,,,,,,,,,
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,"Layer Numbers, Egg Production, and Value, 2000-2004  1/",,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,"Unit",2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,,,,,,,,,
"Average No. Layers","thousand",3463,3396,3134,3192,3241,,,,,,,,,
"Eggs per Layer 2/","number",238,226,234,233,235,,,,,,,,,
"Total Eggs Produced","million",824,766,734,744,761,,,,,,,,,
"Inventory: Dec. 1  3/",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"   Hens, Pullets of Laying Age","thousands",3367,3299,3162,3261,3210,"   ",,,,,,,,
"   Total Pullets","thousands",944,1012,1166,1000,1453,,,,,,,,,
"   Other Chickens","thousands",242,243,245,248,243,,,,,,,,,
"   Total Chickens","thousands",4553,4554,4573,4509,4906,,,,,,,,,
"Average value per head","dollars",4.2,4.5,4.8,4.5,3.8,,,,,,,,,
"Total Value ","thousand dollars","  19,123",20493,21950,20291,18643,,,,,,,,,
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"1/ Annual estimates cover the period Dec.1, previous year thru Nov. 30. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2/ Total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"3/EXCLUDES COMMERCIAL BROILERS.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,