Increasing Broiler Production During Second-Half 2013 Expected to Pressure Prices Downward, USDA Reports

On July 26, 2013, in Production

With higher year-over-year increases in broiler production likely during the third and fourth quarters this year, there will be a generally depressing impact on wholesale broiler parts prices, according to the “Livestock Dairy and Poultry Outlook” report last week from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS).

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NCC’s Roenigk Testifies on the RFS before House Energy and Power Subcommittee

On July 26, 2013, in Ethanol, Legislative

National Chicken Council Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bill Roenigk told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “is not just broad and complex, but is also a statute that has outlived its usefulness.”

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Broiler Pullet Chick Placements for Hatchery Supply Flock in June 2013 Were 7,011,000, 3 Percent More than Year Ago

On July 26, 2013, in Broiler Pullet Chick Placements

Intended U.S. placements of broiler pullet chicks for the hatchery supply flock for June 2013 were 7,011,000, 3 percent above the 6,800,000 pullet chicks placed in June 2012, according to the “Chickens and Eggs” report issued this week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On July 26, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending July 27 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 158,297,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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