Source: Lisa M. Keefe, MEATINGPLACE, 3/13/14

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 201 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 8, 2014, up 1 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.

Broiler growers in the program placed 163 million chicks for meat production during the week, down 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.

Cumulative placements from Dec. 29, 2013 through March 8, 2014 for the United States were 1.69 billion, up slightly from the same period a year earlier.

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