Broiler sets, placement hold higher trend

Domestic broiler sets and placement were up on the year last week. The USDA says 248.86 million broiler-type eggs were placed into incubation, climbing 658,000 from the previous week and moving 4% above a year ago, with the average hatchability rate holding at 79.5%. 192.825 million broiler-type chickens entered meat production, 395,000 less than the […]

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