Table 4.

Distances traveled for inputs to pullet/layer feed milled in reporting facilities in the United States in 2010 (representing a total production of 2,679,405 t)¹

Feed input	Distance to processor2 (km)	Distance to feed mill3 (km)	Range
Corn		27	24–48
Corn dried distillers grains with solubles	25	116	1–193
Soy meal	100	96	29–133
Bakery material	wheat: 100 to flour mill	258	97–587
	flour: 1,000 to bakery
Wheat middlings	100	474	241–604
Meat and bone meal	100	151	56–322
Fat	100	272	0–579
Salt	25	370	0–861
Limestone	100	142	0–241
Calcium	100	186	137–225
Phosphate	100	239	0–861
Trace vitamins	100	325	0–563

¹This data set was also used for the 1960 model.

²Assumed average distances.

³Production-weighted average.