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USDA raises beef production guess
Jul 13, 2017, 12:34 PM
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The USDA has increased its 2017 red meat production estimate, while lowering poultry slightly.
Beef production was up from the June projection, now at 26.495 billion pounds, because of a higher slaughter pace and heavier live weights. That cancelled out a slight decline for pork, down to 25.834 billion pounds, which the USDA links to a slower summer slaughter rate and expectations for lower weights in the second half of the year.
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