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1 Understanding Delaware Agriculture Broiler Industry Bill Brown Poultry Agent Carvel Research & Education Center HISTORICAL TIMELINES Morrell Act Land Grant Colleges established Hatch Act Ag Experiment Stations Smith-Lever Act Cooperative Extension s Era of the Peach 1850 s Railroads 1916 Dupont Hwy built 1923 Steele Family market first Young Meat Birds First Processing Plant Eagle Poultry in Frankford De Substation now known as Carvel REC Chicken of Tomorrow Contest Delmarva Poultry Exchange 1950 s Vertical Integration/ Use of Soybeans in Broiler Rations Broiler Meat now not just a luxury meat of the wealthy DELMARVA POULTRY INDUSTRY Del-Mar-Va 2 counties in Delaware 8 counties in Maryland 1 county in Virginia Delmarva produces 566 million birds Annually, or 6% of National Production 1

2 235 MILLION PRODUCED IN DELAWARE + 40% OF THE REGION S PRODUCTION SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE IS THE #1 BROILER PRODUCER (PER SQUARE MILE) 5 Trends 8 % reduction in Kill numbers 14% increase in Kill pounds Heavier Kill weights Delmarva 6.3 pounds Delaware 7 pound average Bigger Birds 6 2

3 Delmarva Housing 7 Delmarva Houses and Growers 8 Trend 125,000,000 square feet of housing 16% reduction in houses 4527 Bigger Houses 19% reduction in growers 1570 Bigger Farms 9 3

4 SCOPE Meat-type Chickens 40,000,000,000 Worldwide 9,000,000,000 United States Most in the broiler belt Texas across the mid-west And across the southeast 566,000,000 Delmarva 235,000,000 Delaware Approximately 80% in Sussex County DELAWARE CASH FARM RECEIPTS Broilers 66% Grain 22% Vegetables7% Dairy 1% 2500 Farms over 900 grow broilers There are approximately 1538 private family farms raising birds for 1 of 5 integrators: 1. Allen- Harim 2. Amick 3. Mountaire 4. Perdue 5. Tyson 4

5 THERE ARE Processing Plants 13 Hatcheries 10 Feed Mills..... Located on Delmarva COMPANY/GROWER CONTRACT Company Provides: Chicks Feed Propane Litter Health Supplies Tech Service Grower Provides: Equipment Housing Labor Electric Overhead TYPES OF BIRDS Large Bird/Roasters 8-9 lbs 60 Days Tray Pack Broilers lbs 47 Days Specialty Broiler lbs. 38 Days Cornish 2 lbs. 28 Days 5

6 An Average Farm consists of three houses. DELMARVA HAS ABOUT 4600 BROILER HOUSES THERE ARE OVER 15,000 DIRECT EMPLOYEES IN DELMARVA S POULTRY INDUSTRY Each job in Processing creates 7.2 jobs elsewhere in the economy! GRAIN NEEDS , Delmarva produced corn and soybeans to meet the needs of poultry producers: Corn 75.6 M. Bushels Used 60.1 M. Bushels Grown Soy 27 M Bushels Used 20.2 M. Bushels Grown Delmarva grows three quarters of its corn and soy needs in a good year. 6

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8 DELMARVA FAMILY POULTRY FARMS DELMARVA FAMILY FARMS DELMARVA FAMILY FARMS 8

9 AGRICULTURE S NO 1 CHALLENGE Image Factory Farming Animal Abuse Environmental Irresponsibility Activist Groups leverage consumer ignorance College or Department name here 25 Agriculture s Image College or Department name here 26 College or Department name here 27 9

10 WHAT TODAY S CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT FOOD 1. Is it humanly produced? 2. Is it safe to eat? 3. Does it harm the Environment? All within the context of affordability College or Department name here 28 10

11 TRIPLE DECKER OR CHICKEN HOTEL OPEN BARNYARDS 11

12 A FRAME POLE TYPE CONSTUCTION BROILER GROWOUT FACILITIES 12

13 NEGATIVE PRESSURE SYSTEM Moisture Removal Example: 40,000 broilers drank 24,586 gallons in the last 7 days 80% into house = 19,669 gallons (would fill this pool twice) 13

14 WATER CONSUMPTION HAS DOUBLE SINCE 1985 Since between % of the water consumed by the birds end up in the air and litter in a poultry house this means that today s broiler growers have to get rid of nearly twice the amount of moisture as they did in 1985 if they want to maintain proper litter conditions. UGA Oct 2010 Poultry Housing Tips Czarick & Fairchild UNDERSTANDING MOISTURE BALANCE IN THE POULTRY HOUSE College or Department name here 42 14

15 AIR MIXING WITH STATIC PRESSURE ACTUATED CEILING VENTS & COUNTERWEIGHTED CEILING VENTS TUNNEL FANS 15

16 EVAPORATIVE COOLING PADS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLERS BULK FEED BIN 16

17 AUTOMATIC PAN FEEDERS FORCED AIR BROODER 17

18 HOVER BROODERS RADIANT TUBE HEATER NIPPLE WATERER (DRINKER) 020.MOV 18

19 BIN & CHANNEL COMPOSTING Manure Storage 19

20 Thank You Questions? 20

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