This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "The Economic Organization 
of U.S. Broiler Production" (EIB-38), published in June 2008. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. 
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File name		Description

(figsummary.png)	Broiler production and production growth, 1960-2007
(fig01.png)		Figure 1 - Trends in per capita consumption, 1960-2005
(fig02.png)		Figure 2 - Growth in broiler production, 1960-2006
(fig03.png)		Figure 3 - Number of broilers and other meat-type chickens sold, 2002
(fig04.png)		Figure 4 - Broiler production in 2006, by size of bird
(fig05.png)		Figure 5 - Broiler housing capacity, by year of construction
(fig06.png)		Figure 6 - Annual growth in broiler slaughter (liveweight), 1961-2006
(fig07.png)		Figure 7 - Contract duration among broiler operations
(fig08.png)		Figure 8 - Farms with older houses are less likely to retrofit
