USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on December 15 purchased chicken and chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2017.

Deliveries will be made from February 1 – 28, 2017.

Product Pounds Award Prices Total Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled-Bulk 23,940,000.000 $0.8135-$0.8994 $20,266,776.00
Chicken Legs Chilled-Bulk 1,440,000.000 $0.4075-$0.4500 608,076.00
Chicken Small Chilled-Bulk 2,160,000.000 $0.7700-$0.7700 1,663,200.00
Total 27,540,000.000 $22,538,052.00