broilers

The National Chicken Council developed the NCC Broiler Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist in 1999.  The goal was to help poultry producers show consumers that all of the birds were being treated with respect and properly cared for during their lives.   ...

American egg production totaled 8.87 billion in November, down 5% year-over-year.  Production included 7.62 billion table eggs and 1.25 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.16 billion were broiler-type and 92.1 million were egg-type.  The average number of layers in November totaled 375 million, down 4% from last year.  November egg...

United States egg production totaled nine billion during July, down 3% from last year.  The Department of Agriculture said production included 7.69 billion table eggs, and 1.31 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.22 billion were broiler-type, and 90.7 million...

U.S. export numbers of eggs, turkey, and pork in the first half of 2022 were all down compared to the first half of last year, but exports of broiler meat and beef were higher.   Egg and turkey exports, down 38% and 20%, respectively, were hurt by the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.  Eg...

Those who raise broilers could pay anywhere from 7%-20% more this year for feed. And since feed is most of the cost of  production, those feed prices could effect the number of birds raised and sold in the coming year or two. Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman, said there will be in increase in broiler production this year, but it will be a marginal one at less than 1%. Mo ... Read Mo