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Poultry
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Delmarva's Poultry Industry:
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Annual
broiler / roaster / Cornish production
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568,157,000 |
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Total
pounds produced
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3,460,000,000 |
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Number
of broiler / roaster / Cornish houses
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4,911 |
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Broiler / roaster / Cornish, and breeder growers |
1,667
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Poultry company employees |
14,700 |
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Annual
feed bill |
$852,477,000 |
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Bushels of corn used for feed |
72,761,000 |
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Bushels of soybeans used for feed |
24,593,000 |
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Packaging and other processing supplies |
$162,000,000 |
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Poultry company capital improvements |
$50,300,000 |
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Grower
capital improvements |
$30,000,000 |
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Grower
contract payments |
$180,237,000 |
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Poultry companies payroll, excluding benefits |
$432,710,000 |
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Source: Delmarva Poultry
Industry |
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