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Broiler weights have been rising steadily, and the share of liveweight output from birds weighing 4.26 to 6.25 pounds fell to 26 percent in 2018 from more than 40 percent in 2011, per USDA-AMS data. Heavier birds are cheaper to produce per pound and suit the demand for cut-up and deboned products.
The article asks whether the trend will continue.
Heavier birds lower per-pound production costs and change how the industry uses feed and flock capacity, which shapes long-run chicken supply and pricing.
wattagnet.comMark JordanFeb 28, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
