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Egg sets, chick placements continue to decline
Story Date: 2/17/2012
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Source: MEATINGPLACE, 2/16/12
Commercial hatcheries in USDA’s 19-state weekly program set 196 million eggs inincubators during the week ended Feb. 11, down 4 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent.
Broiler growers in the program placed 162 million chicks for meat production during that week, down 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from Jan. 1 through Feb. 11 were 970 million, down 4 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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