Maryland Ranks In National Top Ten For Poultry
the Southern Great Plains and one-sixth of the national produc-
Westem Com Belt areas where tion. Georgia followed in 1986
grain sorghum and com have been with 15 percent and Alabama was
plentiful and relatively low in val- third with 12.6 percent. North Car
ue and price. Beef finishing may olina ranked fourth with 9.7 per
require 7to ”8 pounds of concen- cent and Mississippi was fifth with
trate feeds per pound of beef grain 7.6 percent. Maryland production
in contrast to four pounds per which was 5.7 percent of the U.S ’
pound of hog gain. In contrast, the has increasingly shifted from
broiler industries and firms in whole, ready-to-cook production
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and to “further processed” output Not
Pennsylvania may use only two only has the shift toward selling
pounds of concentrate feeds per cut-up broilerparts occurred butan
pound of gain up to a typical four increasing amount of chicken is
pound broiler marketing weight, being marketed in frozen forms
Arkansas continues as the lead- such as nuggets, pre-cooked fro
ing broiler producing state with zen parts, and special packages of
Maryland broiler production
ranks number one in the Northeast
and sixth nationally according to
recently released data from the
U.S.D. A. A long history of poultry
production in Delmarva has bene
fited from closeness to Northeast
ern markets and access to large
quantities of com for energy and
soybean meal for protein feed
ingredients. The poultry industry
in the U.S. is largely concentrated
in areas with a stable and relatively
low-cost source of labor and mana
gerial inputs.
Traditionally, the beef and hog
finishing industries have shifted to
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one type of frozen parts. These
items are available for household
use as well as fast food outlets.
When the value of all poultry
including broilers, turkeys and
eggs is considered, the rankings
shift slightly. Arkansas and Geor
gia retain the first and second posi
tions, North Carolina moves into
third place only slightly behind
Georgia with 10.1 percent of
national value of sales in 1986.
Alabama drops to fourth place fol
lowed by California which is a
major producer of eggs and turk
eys, but less so with broilers. Mis
sissippi and Texas follow in sixth
and seventh place. Maryland
ranked eighth nationally in total
value of poultry production in
1986. Pennsylvania followed
Maryland closely in ninth place
and Virginia was tenth. Delaware
just missed the lop ten in
production.
U.S. value of poultry production
expanded from $8.9 billion in
Karen King, York Springs, (center) receives congra
tulations from Adams County 4-H Summer Assistant
Marie O’Brien and State 4-H Leader Dr. Alan Snider.
Karen was named a medal winner at Penn State 4-H
Week In the Food and Nutrition category.
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Outstanding
Presentation
1980 to $12.4 billion in 1986.
Broilers in recent years have
accounted for over half of U.S.
poultry output and an even larger
portion of Maryland output. In
1986, broiler output was valued at
$6.8 billion, eggs at $3.5 billion
and turkeys at $2 billion and non
broiler chickens at $O.l billion. In
general,. consumer preferences
revealed in the market place have
indicated a shift from egg con
sumption on a per capita basis to
broiler and turkey meat per capita.
Chicken meat has benefited from
expansion of sales at fast food
chains and restaurants as well as
becoming more of a convenience
food, through further processing,
for women working outside the
home and for dual spouse income
earning families. Also, poultry has
fit into many menus emphasizing
reduced energy and fat intake dur
ing the 1980’s. Poultry products
have been very price competitive
ifi the marketplace in recent years.
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