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About 25,000 family farmers have production contracts with the companies. Approximately 95 percent of broiler chickens are produced on these farms, with the remaining 5 percent raised on company-owned farms.Read More
Approximately thirty-five companies are involved in the business of raising, processing and marketing chickens on a “vertically integrated” basis – that is, the company is able to ensure quality at each step of the process.Read More
The latest forecast for 2017 turkey production is 6.1 billion pounds, up from just under 6 billion pounds in 2016Read More
Turkey Production in the United States has increased nearly 104 percent since 1970, meeting consumers’ demand as more people choose turkey.Read More
Turkey meat production in the United States over the first eight months of 2016 totaled nearly 4 billion pounds, approximately 7 percent above the same period in 2015.Read More
