tailieunhanh - Organic Poultry and Eggs Capture High Price Premiums and Growing Share of Specialty Markets

This category of pests is widespread and affects every stage of poultry production to a greater or lesser extent. The house fly (Musca domestica) and other fly species with similar biology and habits can generally be managed with minimal use of pesticides where appropriate cultural and biological control practices are most effective (broiler breeders and layers). Manure management to reduce moisture reduces fly-breeding potential and enhances the effectiveness of naturally occurring fly parasites and predators. Releases of beneficial insects (primarily parasitic wasps) can also be effective in the control of flies in broiler-breeder and layer operations. Trapping is useful where. | USDA United States Department of Agriculture Outlook Report from the Economic Research Service LDP-M-150-01 December 2006 Organic Poultry and Eggs Capture High Price Premiums and Growing Share of Specialty Markets Lydia Oberholtzer Catherine Greene and Enrique Lopez1 Abstract Organic poultry and egg markets in the United States are expanding rapidly. Statistics for the sector especially the number of organic broilers also signal expanding domestic supply. This report examines trends in markets animal numbers and prices for organic poultry and eggs. Price comparisons between organic and conventional show significant organic price premiums for both broilers and eggs. Keywords Organic poultry broilers eggs markets production organic price premiums. Note A web data product with monthly prices for organic and conventional poultry and eggs from 2004-06 is available at data organicprices . Current weekly prices are available at mnreports Acknowledgments The authors thank Holly Born ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Michael Sheats USDA Agricultural Marketing Service AMS Poultry Market News Russ Tronstad University of Arizona Department of Agricultural Resource Economics Demaris Wilson USDA AMS National Organic Program and Janet Perry Carolyn Dimitri David Harvey and Stephen Martinez USDA Economic Research Service ERS for their insightful reviews of the manuscript. Appreciation is also extended to John Weber and Wynnice Pointer-Napper USDA ERS for editorial and production support. 1Oberholtzer is with the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Georgia Greene is with the Economic Research Service USDA Lopez was an intern with the Economic Research Service. Introduction Eggs and poultry are now among the fastest growing food products in the . organic sector. Organic eggs are widely available in both conventional and natural food supermarkets and organic .

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