Chicken Parts Exports in September 2013 Decline 3.6 Percent in Quantity and Drop 2.1 Percent in Value

On November 22, 2013, in Chicken Exports

Chicken parts exports in September this year were 292,770 metric tons valued at $362.73 million compared with 303,752 tons valued at $370.50 million in September 2012, a 3.6-percent decrease in quantity and a 2.1-percent decrease in value.

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Smaller-Than-Expected Corn Harvest and Growing Export Demand Could Result in Corn Prices that Won’t be “Extremely Low,” Purdue’s Dr. Hurt Says

On November 22, 2013, in Feed Grain Market

Even though there is a record corn harvest, Purdue University Extension Agricultural Economist Dr. Chris Hurt said in a recent “AgriNews” report that the final tabulation on corn production will not be as high as some expected, which means prices will unlikely be “extremely low.”

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Difference Between Eggs Set and Chicks Placed Add Uncertainty to Weekly Broiler Slaughtered Going Forward, USDA Reports

On November 22, 2013, in Production

Although there is always a difference in the absolute number of  broiler eggs placed in incubators and the number of broiler chicks placed for growout, the difference in the two data series for the five-week-moving averages for recent weeks is normally not this wide, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) reported in this month’s Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook.

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AMS to Hold January Meeting for Contractors and Suppliers in USDA’s Commodity Purchase Programs

On November 22, 2013, in Government News, USDA Chicken Purchases

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is holding its annual meeting to discuss the AMS commodity purchase program on  January 15-16 in Arlington, Virginia.  All contractors and commodity supplier are invited to participate.

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Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On November 22, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 23 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,837,000 broilers, a 24-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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