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Florida Farm Commodities
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Prices dropped slightly for both broilers and eggs in 1997, and the overall value slipped 2.6 percent to $353 million from the record $363 million in 1996.
Egg prices dropped four cents a dozen, but the overall value of $123.7 million was still the third highest in Florida history.
Broilers sold for 38.5 cents a pound in 1997, down three percent from the year before, but the value of $229.3 million nearly matched the record $230.6 million in 1996.
The value of sales from Other Chickens (mostly spent laying hens) amounted to $44 million in 1997, down from $88 million in 1996.
Commercial hatcheries produced 127.8 million straight run chicks in 1997, down slightly from 124.3 million in 1996. Broiler-type chicks accounted for 89 percent of the chicks hatched.
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Leading Poultry Producing Counties
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Counties
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Broiler Farms
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Birds Sold
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Egg Farms
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Laying Hens
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Baker
Bradford
Citrus
Clay
Duval
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16
19
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7
9
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5,721,139
7,849,000
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2,306,213
3,034,130
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13
25
27
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--
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102,238
141,412
248,497
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Hamilton
Hernando
Hillsborough
Holmes
Lake
Lafayette
Madison
Nassau
Osceola
Okaloosa
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9
--
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61
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37
15
24
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4
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1,896,000
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13,755,656
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10,705,993
3,422,759
10,896,208
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1,177,600
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41
165
25
53
13
20
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21
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D
1,898,300
114,613
410,214
136,108
131,085
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329,245
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Pasco
Polk
Sumter
Suwannee
Union
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80
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26,235,761
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42
60
31
44
10
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1,471,992
D
D
274,825
366,119
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Volusia
Walton
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34
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7,061,313
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33
25
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D
139,400
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D = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individuals
Source: 1992 U.S. Census of Agriculture
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Broiler Production and Value
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Year
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Number
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Production (pound)
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Price (pound)
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Cash Receipts
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1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
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132,400,000
131,400,000
139,800,000
132,700,000
128,400,000
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595,800,000
591,300,000
615,000,000
570,600,000
552,100,000
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38.5
39.7
35.5
33.5
34.0
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$229,383,000
$230,607,000
$218,361,000
$191,151,000
$187,714,000
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1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
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125,700,000
120,400,000
119,000,000
123,562,000
123,198,000
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540,510,000
505,680,000
490,360,000
518,960,000
505,112,000
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30.5
30.0
31.0
35.0
31.0
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$164,856,000
$151,704,000
$152,012,000
$181,636,000
$156,585,000
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1985
1980
1970
1960
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104,207,000
87,143,000
38,737,000
10,101,000
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416,828,000
348,572,000
135,580,000
32,323,000
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28.5
27.0
14.1
16.8
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$118,796,000
$94,114,000
$19,114,000
$5,495,000
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Egg Production and Value 
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Year
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Number Layers
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Production (dozen)
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Price (dozen)
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Cash Receipts
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1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
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9,865,000
9,655,000
9,127,000
9,746,000
9,592,000
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208,250,000
208,500,000
198,583,000
211,163,000
206,250,000
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59.4
63.3
48.1
46.5
51.8
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$123,701,000
$131,981,000
$95,519,000
$98,348,000
$106,838,000
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1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
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9,422,000
10,249,000
10,546,000
10,788,000
11,121,000
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195,083,000
211,812,000
215,500,000
219,000,000
229,833,000
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46.7
52.7
62.0
56.2
41.1
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$91,104,000
$120,930,000
$133,610,000
$123,078,000
$94,461,000
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1985
1980
1970
1960
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10,515,000
12,813,000
11,813,000
4,720,000
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224,334,000
253,667,000
212,334,000
85,747,000
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48.0
46.2
31.8
41.1
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$107,680,000
$117,194,000
$67,947,000
$35,156,000
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Source: Florida Agricultural Statistics Service
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Poultry Facts 
Suwannee is the leading broiler producing county, sending more than 25 million birds to market annually with a 1997 value of nearly $30 million.
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