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June poultry production up 1% on year
Jul 25, 2017, 16:54 PM
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The USDA says domestic poultry production in June was up 1% on the year at 4.123 billion pounds. The total live weight of all poultry was 5.443 billion pounds. Ante-mortem condemnations were 12.759 million pounds, 0.23% of the total live weight, and post-mortem condemnations were 38.989 million pounds, 0.94% of monthly production.
A higher rate of slaughter and heavier weights for chickens helped cancel out a lower total live weight for turkeys.
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