USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on January 24, 2018, 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 2018.
| Product | Pounds | Award Prices | Total Dollars |
| Chicken Large Chilled-Bulk | 6,120,000.000 | $0.9400-$0.9998 | $5,814,223.20 |
| Chicken Legs Chilled-Bulk | 1,296,000.000 | $0.5355-$0.5355 | 694,008.00 |
| Total | 7,416,000.000 | $6,508,231.20 |
Deliveries will be made from March 1-31, 2018.
A total of 252,000 pounds of chicken large chilled-bulk and 72,000 pounds of chicken legs chilled-bulk were not purchased due to no bids received; 1,656,000 pounds of chicken large chilled-bulk were not purchased due to change in recipient’s demand.
