Broiler sets, placements above year ago levels

All signs continue to point to a year-over-year expansion in U.S. chicken production. The USDA says 254.005 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators, down 500,000 on the week, but up 1% on the year, with average hatchability 79.3% of all eggs. 195.709 million broiler-type chicks were placed into meat production, falling 1.419 million from […]

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