GEORGETOWN, Del. — The Delmarva chicken community raised 613 million chickens, produced 4.6 billion pounds of shelf- and table-ready chicken, and generated $4.8 billion in sales in 2024, new economic statistics show. The annual figures, compiled by Delmarva Chicken Association, measure the broad, stabilizing contribution that the chicken community makes to Delmarva's economy.
Delmarva's chicken companies spent $1.3 billion on corn, wheat, soybeans and other feed ingredients in 2024, and paid their employees $902 million in wages, excluding benefits.
The family farmers who contract with the companies to raise chickens earned $327 million in contract. . .
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