USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on April 11 purchased chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the school lunch child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2012. Deliveries will be made from May 16 through June 30.

The complete purchase reports can be found on www.ams.usda.gov/commoditypurchasing.

ProductPoundsAward PricesTotal Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled7,092,000$0.7548-$0.7548$5,353,042
Chicken Legs Chilled432,000$0.6545-$0.7419$301,622
TOTAL7,524,756$5,654,664