The USDA increased its projection for 2019 commercial chicken
production slightly, while lowering turkey.
Broiler production is now seen at 43.034 billion pounds, up 43 million on the month because of hatchery numbers and expectations for heavier average weights, with slightly lower exports and fractional increase in per capita consumption.
Turkey was down modestly from June at 5.876 billion pounds because of the year to date production pace, while holding exports unchanged and raising per capita consumption one tenth of one percent.
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