Chicken Exports in March 2013 Increase 6.4 Percent in Quantity and 4.3 Percent in Value

On May 3, 2013, in Chicken Exports

Chicken exports in March 2013 increased 6.4 percent in quantity and gained 4.3 percent in value over year earlier. Exports totaled 329,381 metric tons valued at $417.41 million this March compared with 309,560 tons valued at $400.36 million in March 2012.

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Broiler Production in 2012 Almost 49.53 Billion Pounds, Liveweight, 1.1 Percent Less than in 2011, USDA Reports

On May 3, 2013, in Production

Broiler production during December 1, 2011 through November 30, 2012 totaled 8,437,900,000 birds weighing 49,529,700,000 pounds, liveweight, compared with the previous 12 month’s production of 8,607,600,000 birds weighing 50,082,400,000 pounds, liveweight, a decrease of 2.0 percent in number of birds and a 1.1 percent decrease in pounds produced, according to “Poultry – Production and Value 2012 Summary” from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) this week.

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Corn Crop of 12.5 Billion Bushels would Supply Market Needs this Year, Good Predicts

On May 3, 2013, in Feed Grain Market

If this fall’s corn harvest is at least 12.5 billion bushels, it “would be large enough to supply the market and add a small amount to year ending stocks,” according to Dr. Darrel Good, University of Illinois agricultural economist in a report this week from farmdocdaily.

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Scuse to be USDA Acting Deputy Secretary, Karsting to Head Foreign Agricultural Service

On May 3, 2013, in Government News

Michael Scuse was named this week as USDA’s acting deputy secretary effective May 4. He replaces Kathleen Merrigan, who is leaving USDA today.

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FSIS Re-issues Instructions for Verifying all Steps in the Processing of Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products

On May 3, 2013, in Food Safety

In response to several meat and poultry recalls associated with the addition of ingredients, spices, or sauce after the lethality- process step, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has reissued FSIS Notice 01-11 providing Inspection Program Personnel (IPPS) with instructions for verifying that plant HACCP plans:

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Buffalo Wild Wings to Charge Customers by the Pound for Wings, CEO Smith Reports

On May 3, 2013, in Fast Food Footnotes

Buffalo Wild Wings Chief Executive Officer Sally Smith explained during her company’s first-quarter earnings call this week that the chain of over 900 restaurant locations is changing its pricing program for wings.

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Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On May 3, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending May 4 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,830,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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