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Expected annual U.S. GDP growth to average 2.3% between 2017 and 2020. U.S. manufacturing output growth is expected to average only 1.5% over this period.Read More
Nationwide, more than 60,000 pork producers annually market more than 110 million hogs. These animals provided total gross receipts of $23.4 billion.Read More
Pork consumption in 2017 is forecast at 2.360 million MT (carcass wt), 8.5 per cent larger than it was in 2015. Higher imports have accounted for 65 per cent of the increase in consumption in 2016‐17.Read More
As of September 2016, organic and cage-free shell egg production accounted for 12.5% of current table egg layer flock (37.6 million hens). Of this, 4.7% are organic (14.1 million hens) and 7.8% are cage-free (23.5 million hens).Read More
Today, there are approximately 199 egg producing companies with flocks exceeding 75,000 hens. These companies represent about 99 percent of all the hens in the United States. In 1994, there were around 350 companies with flocks exceeding 75,000 hens.Read More
