Intended U.S. placements of broiler pullet chicks for the hatchery supply flock for October 2011 were 6,289,000, a 9-percent decrease from the 6,876,000 pullet chicks placed in October 2010, according to the “Chickens and Eggs” report issued this week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Chicken parts exports in September this year were 302,058 metric tons valued at $353.38 million, 2.6 percent more than the 294,324 tons in September 2010 and 21.4 percent above the $291.00 million a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 19 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 147,601,000 broilers, an 10-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 5 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 152,880,000 broilers, an 6-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending October 29 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 152,055,000 broilers, an 8-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending October 22 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,307,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

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Chicken exports in August this year were 352,249 metric tons valued at $419.03 million compared with year earlier exports of 256,324 tons valued at $269.29 million, a 37.4-percent increase in quantity and a 55.6-percent increase in value.

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