Livestock and Poultry Sector

S. L. Medland

No 197132, 1981 Occasional Paper Series No. 2 from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: In 1978, farm receipts from the sale of livestock and livestock products, including dairy products, poultry, and eggs were $6.6 billion or 55 percent of total cash receipts from farming operations. The other major contributor was total crops at $4.9 billion or 41.5 percent. In 1976, a total of 1,045 establishments engaged in one or more of slaughter, meat processing, or processing of poultry or dairy products. They employed a total of 68,318 people and paid wages and salaries of $85 million. The total value of shipments of goods of their own manufacture was $7 .4 billion.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.197132

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