# Top US turkey producers growing amid challenging market

> WATTPoultry reports the 22 largest US turkey producers increased live turkey output by 2.24 percent in 2017 to 7.433 billion pounds. Eight of 14 companies surveyed plan to cut 2018 production by a combined 33 million pounds amid oversupply.

- Date: 2018-03-05 · published 2018-03-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66153-top-us-turkey-producers-growing-amid-challenging-market
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Planned turkey output cuts modestly reduce future feed demand from the turkey sector. The effect on grain and meal prices is small.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/broilers-turkeys/processing-slaughter/article/15524086/top-us-turkey-producers-growing-amid-challenging-market-wattagnet

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