10. South Carolina
Number produced: 242.60 million
Pounds produced: 1.75 billion
Value of production: $939.73 million
Poultry is one of the biggest sources of agricultural income in the state of South Carolina, evident from the statistics mentioned above. The poultry industry of the state was under immense scrutiny when in 2015, no less than 300,000 chickens were killed as a result of tampering of temperature. A man was later arrested for this truly heinous crime of animal cruelty, but that could not reverse the loss of $1.7 million that his killing spree caused.
