# CME: Chicken Supplies During H1/2017 Up by Less Than 1%
						 | The Poultry Site

> 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.

- Date: 2017-07-13 · published 2017-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70123-cme-chicken-supplies-during-h1-2017-up-by-less-than-1-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Flat chicken output and unchanged bird weights limit supply growth, which supports prices and keeps feed demand steady.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2017/07/cme-chicken-supplies-during-h1-2017-up-by-less-than-1

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