Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report
U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending January 14 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,896,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier....
View ArticleA&P Seeking Court Approval to Close Stores; Food Lion to Shutter 113 Stores
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking approval to close 14 underperforming stores in...
View ArticleIntroduction of HACCP Has Led to Fewer Salmonellosis Cases in Chicken Processing
The introduction of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) program in chicken processing plants has likely prevented at least 190,000 cases of salmonellosis cases in the United States...
View ArticleNew Study Finds That By Adding Chicken to Diet the Risk of Stroke is Reduced
A new study shows that all dietary protein is not equal and that chicken is preferable over red meat in helping to decrease the risk of stroke. The study was recently published in the journal Stroke....
View ArticleRussia Issues Final Notice for Poultry-Meat Tariff Rate Quotas for 2012
Russia published a notice on December 31 setting forth the following provisions for the imports of poultry and meats. Frozen bone-in chicken halves-cuts (HS codes 0207 14 200 1 and 0207 14 600 1, which...
View ArticleChicken Exports in November up 1.8 Percent in Value
Despite dropping 8.9 percent in quantity, chicken exports in November last year were up 1.8 percent in value. Exports totaled 307,186 metric tons valued at $383.05 million in November 2011 compared...
View ArticleFarmers Plan to Increase Corn Acreage by 1 Percent in 2013, Farm Futures...
“Attractive profit margins” should encourage corn growers to increase plantings this spring, according to a survey of more than 1,550 farmers by Farm Futures magazine. Corn acreage in 2013 could reach...
View Article
