U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 20, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,554,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 23, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,520,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

Chicken exports in January 2024 decreased 3.8 percent in quantity but increased 3.7 percent in value when compared with January 2023, according to USDA.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 9, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,095,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

North Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas were the top five states for liveweight broiler production last year, accounting for 55.5 percent of total U.S. federally inspected production, down slightly from 55.7 percent in 2022. These five states had a combined production of 34.047 billion pounds in 2023, 0.1 percent less than the 34.082 billion pounds in 2022.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 24, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,006,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

Chicken exports in December 2023 increased 3.5 percent in quantity and increased seven percent in value when compared with December 2023, according to USDA.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 10, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,315,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »