Poultry and egg situation

S..... BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIL'5
.UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
'NOVEMBER-DECEM


BER 1948


D STORAGE HOLDINGS OF TURKEYS AND OTHER POULTRY AT
. SEASONAL HIGH POINTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ANNUAL
PRODUCTION, UNITED STATES, 1924-47*


1925


1930


1935


'fAJ MOLDINGS OF TURKEYS IN THE 1943-44 THROUGH 1945-46
THE 1843.44 THROUGH 1947-48 SEASONS. INCLUDE SUBSTA


TENT OF AGRICULTURE


1940 1945 1950
STORAGE SEASONS., AND OTHER POULTRY
NTIAL GOVERNMENT-OWNED STOCKS

NEG. 46972 BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS


SInee 1929, the total volume of turkeys held in cold storage at the seasonal peak
becae larger In.relation to total production. Holdings of other poultry, however,
'utlkton to production have remained relatively constant. During-the war years, In-
Imt levels of current civilian consumption In the main marketing seasons and govern-
E procurement tended to limit commercial storage holdings. The percentage of the
faction stored in a give year depends upon such factors as the financial outcome
I storage operations the previous season and the level of prices in the into-storage
i0a, as well as the volume of production.


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P pred tion .................... s il. dom.
ereae amber of layers on farms ..: Million
I*% at lay per hen ................ I mber
rnt civilian per capital
eanoe .................. G do.
aseo egg production .............. Nil. lb. I
agg production ............... do. I
i$4es received by farmers ......... Ct.per dos..
oese received by farmers as a
.Iersentage of parity ............. Percent s
0It-1 price (R) ................. :Ct.per dos.

feed ratio .....................a Lb. fed
a: ::


tSel..l.........................i1,000 cases:
SProtA ................. .......s o. .
..rie ............................ Mil. lb. I


Ohlk' hatched .....................

Petntial layers on farm .........
Rems and pullets of laying age ...
Puallets not of laying ge ........ 9
Iam price of poultry ration ........

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Million I


do.
do.
do.
Dollars


do.
do.
do.
Nor.

do.
Sept.

Nov.


220.0
32D.1
8.2

26.1


36.9

42.7

16.6


2S6.6
349g.3
9.8

30.24
4.T
0.2
53.4
86
74.2

11.3


3.519 1.818
4,402 5.056
- 33.9
21.2 38.9

482.0 488.2
335.9 364.1
146.1 124.1
2o31 4.71


Plailtrn


294.5 I
343.1 .
10.3 t

31.4 1
1.7 1
2.2 t
58.3 1

92
70.7
16.2 1


1.680
4,557 t
27.5 I

45.7
471.2 1
361.3 t
109.9


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Prices received by fausrs for II
S h aas ......................... Ot. per lb.:
riesN received by farmers as a I I
Sprcentage of parity ............. Percent I
SS:tail price of chickens (BAN) ..... Ot. per lb.:
' :Pri os received by farmers for
t ey. s ......................... 01 to. I

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SPaoltry, excluding turkeys ....... Mil. lb.
Wte ..................@..1I to. I
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.,idkade-faat ratio .................I Lb. feed a

.uap-foad ratio .................. do. a

XNeelpts of poultry at Central
We Vstern Primary Markets, per I I
plant ............................. 1,000 lb.


Bftd of month.





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do.
Sept.

Nov.


Oct.
do.

Nov.

do.


Oot.


19.1 24.9 29.3

108 91 104 a
36.3 52.5 57.5 I

25.0 35.8 46.1 i


128.8 213.1 119.4
23.3 6 33.1 8

8.4 5.3 1.2

10.9 7.6 12.8



35.9 34.2 30.3 1


Resord for Wo reahr.


A record for the ath0 .-

A nmv record high.


Lowest since 1941.
Lovest sine 1943.

Most favorable for math
since 1944.
Most ftrorable for maIth
since 1931.


Down about ULpercent.


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3 percent above last yer 'i.
2 percent under last year*
Highest on record for Orct0w.-

Reflects strong consa ..l


Up 4.9 cents from eOctober.

Parm-retail price spread
narrower.
Most ferorable for month
ince 1943.



oistly Oorernment-owaul. V':::::::

Oontainued strong dLast tcr:1
broiler chicks.
3 percent under last y r.
More old bhas being ritaiimB4
11 percent under leat I.yef
About 22 percent undar.eL !
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Pr Goapt an
from '9
'gast 6" 52 ent
T,
_VQar ear Ii-er Ift-'Sept-embet" and, 0
Ye ar -Par]Aer it mid-November.
or wei feed, oosts, havoenc ged unus
cel, for eV6 and'lo oura
this fall'. As a result, the, total number
N 01 tAMs' J&huar, a will, be nearly'the q&Tue as on January"'
'j,5 fewer f'axn phickena w4iPn raised during the'. dt
o' Ang l*.p' a: laiger percentage of',old hens'tn thol


tefIExtion of the strong dem.and.1s. the relatively, lm leve'll''
te it storage.' Stocks of' drip'd eggs'. chickens. and tut-keSri*,
1, a h, f r o-. z en- e gg s were, 9=3-16r than a year: tarlierL on


-Of iiveF, fo-A at Mldvie st eri-n ffia-nt s this ar, throtgh
9-pereent smaller than in tAe same periodl'at ear, -KAU6
"thl Ckens" were off 1' Percidfif, Drd s 8 ed, poilt r'y receipbs x,
udt-:-19 produder5
1,n the same period,-Kipre perqenlt, 47.
'64r1Y in T948, 'ut-. in rtQent-.xr&eks have been bblding over
"i an,,usuaj thuscutt ing do mjowl riarketings., respect
to, I 81 the 6-acrease in farm chickens raised this'year 'ha's been
xy om t T
C ffset, by -incireased c rcial br6i
ler produe .3.on otal sup-
dk*!n, have bo-= mnaller thanlin 1947. With the exception of
famprices-tor:Phicke'na have been the highest gn record'in each ;0
1 94-84,

rose in early.November after moderate declines in late-
ealriy fall. The Ntvember 1'f'arm prie.per pound live weight wao
,-hi6er' than laA`I r,, and
pp4e,, thana .7ear ago
Istr d-lel=nd, PPCesL '6,cons=er,'& duri *Ih e Chrisizs Season tir*,
hp ielast as IAgh as t.ho s e at. Thank
the size iof the int
ee,,,mVor- f actors dot eiinine m6V eTA"',
41W,'Vartiqu,ar year, Thse are, na 'Outcome from
the fi ncial
the pric, at the'time tui-keys,,dre'P'laced. n storage, and
rage when. in-iovement of t#o, n-w qTop'beginsa The Ap-';,
.in. bet-.6exi- In a6d out t t 1 1,947-48 seAs&h
tarLy fall storage holdindk, "Pto,
4*41r May not diff or substantially -bOOdUi
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Price'suppok in 1ta'ioa 1464"
r In the year end ta, larg-er ahiaU -ancl trozorf,

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