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Steiner Consulting reports US chicken supplies in H1 2017 rose by less than 1% from H1 2016, with turkey consumption up about 2%. Producers are reducing bird weights to address woody breast meat quality, which has left average slaughter weights flat year on year.
Flat chicken output and unchanged bird weights limit supply growth, which supports prices and keeps feed demand steady.
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