North Carolina - Animal husbandry

North Carolina farms and ranches had an estimated 920,000 cattle and calves in 2003, valued at $552 million. In 2002, the state had around 9.6 million hogs and pigs, valued at $556.8 million. During 2001, North Carolina led the nation in turkey production with 1.13 billion lb (0.5 billion kg) of turkey, worth $452 million; the state was 4th in broiler production with 4.2 billion lb (1.9 billion kg), worth $1.68 billion; egg production totaled 2.54 billion eggs, worth $232.4 million. Milk cows numbered 67,000 in 2001 and they produced 1.16 million lb (0.53 million kg) of milk.