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September poultry production down 1% on year
Oct 25, 2017, 16:48 PM
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The USDA says domestic poultry production during September 2017 was down 1% on the year at 3.952 billion pounds. Average weights for all types of poultry were up at least slightly from a year ago, but slaughter pace declined, as did the average preliminary live weight.
The total preliminary live weight of all poultry 5.221 billion pounds, 1% less than last year. The chicken slaughter was 738.809 million head, 2% below a year ago, and the turkey kill was 19.023 million head, a 6% decrease.
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