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Broiler-type egg sets holding nearly steady from year ago
Story Date: 7/20/2012
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Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 7/19/12
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 196 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 14, 2012, down about 0.5 percent from the corresponding week a year earlier, USDA reported.
Broiler growers in the program placed 163 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 14, down 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from Jan. 1 through July 14 were 4.60 billion, down 3 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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