Chicken exports in December 2025 increased 3.9 percent in quantity; decreased 7.1 percent in value when compared with December 2024, according to USDA.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 14, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,177,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

David Jackson, National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board, has announced the names of those industry representatives who will serve on NCC’s 2026 Broiler Welfare, Communications, and Technical & Regulatory Committees. 

Continue reading »

 

National Chicken Council Chairman of the Board David Jackson, Chief Operating Officer of Simmons Foods, has announced the chairs for NCC’s 2026 standing committees.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 31, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,707,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 17, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,949,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »

 

Chicken exports in October 2025 increased 11.4 percent in quantity; increased 8.3 percent in value when compared with October 2024, according to USDA.

Continue reading »

 

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 3, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 145,304,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

Continue reading »