USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on March 17 purchased chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2016.

Deliveries will be made from May 1 – June 30, 2016.

Product Pounds Award Prices Total Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled -Bulk 2,376,000.000 $0.8735-$0.9300 $2,107,728.00
Chicken Legs Chilled -Bulk 216,000.000 $0.3275-$0.4125 79,920.00
Chicken Small Chilled -Bulk 252,000.000 $0.7900-$0.7900 $199,080.00
Total 2,844,000.000 $2,386,728.00