Another week of increases for broiler sets, placements

Chicken supplies will likely continue to grow in the coming weeks. The USDA says 255.581 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators, surging 3.011 million on the week and 2% on the year. Average hatchability was 79.4%. 197.431 million broiler-type chicks were placed into meat production, 492,000 larger than the previous week and 3% above […]

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