Livestock and Poultry Sector
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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.