Washington Report

Egg settings and chicks placed over the past five weeks point toward little or no gains in the number of broilers available for slaughter in the “near future” and the likelihood that any gains in broiler meat production will come from increases in average bird weights, according to the “Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook” report from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) this week.

Mexico’s broiler production is forecast to reach a record 2,975,000 metric tons this year despite outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H7N3) in the states of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, and Jalisco, according to the “International Egg and Poultry Review” from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Programs.