MONTANA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 1990 



STATE STATISnCS-LIVESTOCK 73 



CHICKENS 



Number, Value Per Bird and Total Value, December 1, 1980-1989 



Year Numbers 



Farm Value 



1980 

 1981 

 1982 

 1983 

 1984 



1985 

 1986 

 1987 

 1988 

 1989 



(000) 



965 

 940 

 970 

 940 



1,025 



1,010 



1,010 



990 



910 



890 



Per Bird 

 Dollars 



2.45 

 2.10 

 2.2S 

 1.95 

 2.00 



1.80 

 2.00 

 2.45 

 2.30 

 2.55 



Total 

 OOODols. 



2,364 

 1,974 

 2,183 

 1,833 

 2,050 



1,818 

 2,020 

 2,426 

 2,093 

 2,270 



Production & Income from Chickens, 1980-1989 



Year Produced Sold 



(000) Lbs.- 



1980 

 1981 

 1982 

 1983 

 1984 



1985 

 1986 

 1987 

 1988 

 1989 



2,450 

 3,362 

 3,474 

 3,021 

 3,008 



1,460 

 2,900 

 3,000 

 2,680 

 2,320 



2,400 

 2,360 

 2,480 

 2,896 

 2,812 



Price Per 

 Pound 

 -Cents- 



8.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 



7.0 

 8.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 



7.0 



Cash 

 Receipts 



Gross 

 Income 



--(000) Dols.- 



117 

 174 

 ISO 

 188 

 186 



168 

 189 

 149 

 174 

 197 



159 

 204 

 206 

 219 

 220 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs, 1980-1989 



Year ' 



1980 3 



1981 . 



1982 . 



1983 . 



1984 . 



1985 . 



1986 . 



1987 . 



1988 . 



1989 . 



Layers 

 -(000)- 



727 

 778 

 767 

 772 

 770 



807 

 790 

 789 

 773 

 703 



Eggs Per 



Layer 



No. 



234 

 224 

 245 

 250 

 257 



250 

 254 

 260 

 251 

 256 



Egg 

 Production 



170 

 174 

 188 

 193 

 198 



202 

 201 

 205 

 194 

 180 



Consumed in 

 Household 



-Millions- 



5 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 5 



Sold 



165 

 171 

 185 

 188 

 193 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



Price Per 

 Dozen 

 Cents 



57.5 

 62.0 

 55.0 

 55.5 

 64.0 



51.0 

 56.0 

 50.0 

 48.0 

 75.0 



Cash 

 Receipts 



Gross 

 Income 



-(000) Dols- 



7,906 

 8,835 

 8,479 

 8,695 

 10,293 



8,585 

 9,380 

 8,542 

 7,760 

 11,250 



8,146 

 8,990 

 8,617 

 8,926 

 10,560 



' Data related to the 12 month period beginning with December 1, of the previous year through November of the current year. ^ Average 

 number of layers on hand during the year. ^ Included are eggs destroyed because of possible PCB contamination. ^ Discontinued. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX: Prqdu«%nJPtice, an^^^ 1977-1989 



Year 



Colonies 



of Bees 



-Number- 



Yield Per 



Per Colony 



-Lbs.- 



1977 96,000 57 



1978 99,000 89 



1979 103,000 128 



1980 103,000 104 



1981 108,000 100 



1982-1985 . . Data Not Available 



1 986 11 0,000 64 



1987 95,000 102 



1988 105,000 48 



1989 100,000 63 



Production 



Honey 



Beesvi/ax 



-(000) Lbs.- 



5,472 



8,811 



13,184 



10,712 



10,800 



7,040 

 9,690 

 5,040 

 6,300 



104 

 159 

 224 

 214 

 184 



1/ Discontinued 



