• Pennsylvania is the third largest egg-producing state in the nation, with 24 million hens laying 265 eggs each per year.

• Pennsylvania consumers drink 2.4 billion pounds of fluid milk annually.

• Pennsylvania is the fourth largest milk-producing state, with 10.6 billion pounds of milk each year.

• Pennsylvania is second in the nation in the production of ice cream, with 66 million gallons.

• With 1.79 million head of cattle, Pennsylvania ranks ninth in the United States in the number of calves and cattle sold.

• Pennsylvania ranks 12th in the nation in pork production, with a gross income of $186 million in 2003.

 

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