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USDA data show 189.6 million broiler-type chicks placed in the week, up 1.207 million on the week and 1% on the year, with cumulative 2026 placements 2% ahead of 2025. Egg sets were 246 million, slightly above a year earlier, and the USDA will release its updated annual broiler production projection next Tuesday.
Steady expansion in US broiler placements signals rising chicken supply ahead, which can cap chicken prices and support steady corn and soybean meal demand from integrators.
brownfieldagnews.comJohn PerkinsNov 4, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 770 past neutral report events, Corn moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.6%), and +0.7% over 20.
After 250 past neutral report events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
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.
