The value of production from broilers - a key component in the poultry industry in our area - totaled $1.9 billion, down 20 percent from 2001.
The value of production of all eggs was $356 million, a decrease of three percent from a year earlier.
And, the sale of chickens, excluding broilers, totaled 16.9 million birds, accounting for sales of $10.5 million.
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